{"id":181013,"date":"2026-01-23T13:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/23\/ohios-school-ai-policy-expected-to-evolve-with-technology\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T14:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:10:08","slug":"ohios-school-ai-policy-expected-to-evolve-with-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/23\/ohios-school-ai-policy-expected-to-evolve-with-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio&#8217;s School AI Policy Expected to Evolve With Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/education\/k-12\/ohios-school-ai-policy-expected-to-evolve-with-technology\">Ohio&#8217;s School AI Policy Expected to Evolve With Technology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/education\/k-12\/ohios-school-ai-policy-expected-to-evolve-with-technology\">https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/education\/k-12\/ohios-school-ai-policy-expected-to-evolve-with-technology<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-23 13:25:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.govtech.com\">www.govtech.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ohio&#8217;s new AI model policy, introduced by the Department of Education and Workforce (DEW), anticipates future revisions due to the rapid evolution of AI technologies.<\/li>\n<li>The model policy serves as a guiding framework for local school districts and charter schools to develop their own tailored AI policies.<\/li>\n<li>The state currently lacks established learning standards for AI but requires local boards and schools to adopt formal AI policies by July 1.<\/li>\n<li>DEW&#8217;s AI policy emphasizes ethical AI use, prohibiting tools from being used for bullying or harassment, and mandates that AI usage align with human-centered principles.<\/li>\n<li>Districts are encouraged to use AI tools for brainstorming and limited research, but AI cannot replace essential student learning efforts or educator roles.<\/li>\n<li>The policy addresses student communication with families about AI use in classrooms, stressing the importance of discussing the risks of unsupervised AI usage.<\/li>\n<li>Compliance with federal privacy laws, including theFERPA, is required, and the policy specifically bans the use of AI for creating harmful content or complying with sexual extortion laws. <\/li>\n<li>The policy builds on the statewide AI Toolkit released in 2024, which was highlighted at a recent White House Artificial Intelligence Education Task Force meeting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio&#8217;s School AI Policy Expected to Evolve With Technology https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/education\/k-12\/ohios-school-ai-policy-expected-to-evolve-with-technology Publish Date: 2026-01-23 13:25:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":181014,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/erepublic.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/7ea7442\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1000x486+0+142\/resize\/1440x700!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fe1%2F18%2F955bef2e426da814c1aedd5b3527%2Fai-graduate.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-181013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181013"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181013"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181015,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181013\/revisions\/181015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}